Aviva Canada
Insurance
AVP,FinanceSystems
“AVP, Finance Systems at Aviva Canada. Skills: Finance Systems, Finance and Technology partnership, Systems lifecycle management, Finance processes expertise, Stakeholder management, Team leadership. Act as the primary point of contact between the Finance function and IT/Technology teams for all Finance systems initiatives, enhancements, and issue resolution. Translate complex Finance process requirements into structured, unambiguous business requirements documents (BRDs), functional specificatio”
What You'll Achieve.
ensure Finance’s business needs are clearly translated into effective technology solutions—from concept through delivery; driving testing, validation, and seamless integration into day‑to‑day Finance operations; ensuring solutions deliver real business value; enable scalable, future‑ready platforms; driving continuous improvement, process simplification, and smarter ways of working across the Finance function; delivers insight at scale
Industry & Context.
translating complex financial needs into practical system solutions
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Designated accounting professionals with CA, CGA, CMA qualified or equivalent, 7-10 years in a progressive leadership role, specifically within Finance and exposure to financial systems implementation, Broad business knowledge in Finance accounting / reporting /planning, IT/ Systems, Underwriting, Claims Operations, Reserving, IFRS17
Nice to Have
Experience in Property & Casualty Insurance, Has initiated, lead and successfully completed major change programs
What You'll Do.
Act as the primary point of contact between the Finance function and IT/Technology teams for all Finance systems initiatives
Translate complex Finance process requirements into structured
unambiguous business requirements documents (BRDs)
functional specifications that Technology teams can design and build to
Facilitate requirements-gathering workshops with Finance partners across Financial Reporting
and Actuarial Finance to capture end-to-end process needs
Maintain and govern the Finance Systems backlog — prioritizing enhancement requests against business value
in partnership with Finance leadership and IT delivery teams
Serve as the Finance subject-matter expert on all system architecture decisions that impact Finance data flows
and the chart of accounts
Execute Finance projects and process enhancement initiatives
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner closely with Technology and senior stakeholders to influence design decisions, prioritize enhancements, and enable scalable, future‑ready platforms; Collaborative efforts with other groups
Communication Scope
timely communication
Process & Methodology
Lead and develop a team of Finance Analysts, driving continuous improvement, process simplification, and smarter ways of working across the Finance function, Has initiated, lead and successfully completed major change programs
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